Stonewalls: Continental Fare Served With Golf in Riverhead

Stonewalls Restaurant is located at The Woods at Cherry Creek Golf Course, which sprawls across 140 acres in Riverhead. Owners Vincent Sasso and Charles Jurgens also own and operate the course and nearby The Links at Cherry Creek.

Executive chef Guy Peuch, formerly of The Water Club in Manhattan and The Inn on the Harbor in Cold Spring Harbor, is an industry veteran with more than 40 years of Continental and European experience.

Joanne Starkey of The New York Times rated the restaurant “very good” and singled out Peuch’s famous crab cakes and array of French classics and familiar American fare.”

Peter Gianotti of Newsday declares Stonewalls “is easily the most impressive restaurant to open in Riverhead since potatoes began giving way to grapes!”

The Grill Room, across from the dining room, is enclosed with windows also offers scenic views of the golf course.

Stonewalls Restaurant focuses on new American cuisine with French flair. Appetizers range from $10 to $15 and include jumbo lump crab cakes with red pepper coulis; Mariner’s-style Prince Edward Island mussels with shallot, white wine and parsley in a light cream sauce; and lobster bisque garnished with diced shrimp.

In seafood, the menu also offers jumbo white shrimp sauté with tomato, garlic, shallots and basil on saffron risotto; and osso buco milanese braised with vegetables, saffron and tomatoes, and saffron risotto.

Seasonal chef specialties include cassoulet of Castelnaudary with white beans, pork, sausage and duck confit; Coq au vin with certified organic chicken marinated in red wine, mushrooms, and pearl onions; and New York rabbit in a gibelotte stewed with white wine, shallots, tomatoes and a touch of tarragon pomme a l’anglaise.